15 Things You Can Clean with a Lint Roller—Besides Clothes

If you’re only using lint rollers to clean your clothes, you’re missing out on a host of other household benefits. Let’s get rolling!

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Get rid of pesky pet hair

Even the best vacuum can’t pick up every pet hair, especially if they creep into smaller spaces. Erin Meyer of Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry recommends using lint rollers to help pick up stray pet hair strands from anywhere in the house that a vacuum can’t reach.

Find and toss tiny shards of broken glass

When glass breaks, those small pieces can scatter everywhere and eventually get stepped on. If you’re worried that you missed some small shards of glass after sweeping, grab your handy lint roller to grab any fine particles that remain. Better safe than sorry! Check out more cleaning hacks from professional house cleaners.

Collect stray hair in bathrooms

When excess hair collects on bathroom surfaces, it can make the whole room feel dirty. But you can use a lint roller to clean those hard-to-reach places, such as the back of your bathroom shelves or under the bathtub. Here are more brilliant bathroom cleaning tips.

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Dispose of a bug

Who wants to touch a dead bug? Nobody, that’s who. Enter the handy lint roller. Unlike normal paper or hand towels, trapping the bug with a lint roller will prevent it from flying away or escaping. Best of all, you won’t have to make any physical contact with the icky insect. Here are 10 of the most disgusting house bugs—and how to get rid of them.

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Clean up spilled glitter and craft supplies

If you have a child who loves crafts, you know all too well the headache of trying to clean up art projects involving glitter, sand, and tiny pieces of paper or ribbon. “One quick swipe with the sticky stuff and the glitter didn’t stand a chance,” writes blogger Jill Nystul of One Good Thing by Jillee.

Quickly clean children’s toys

Lint rollers are an easy way to spruce up a childhood toy when you don’t have time to wash it fully. Another tip: You can also use lint rollers to dust off stuffed animals and to get crumbs out of strollers and car seats in between washes. Psst—did you know you could wash stuffed animals in the washing machine?

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Clean out your purse

All that debris that manages to collect at the bottom of your handbag? Lint roller to the rescue. “A quick swipe (or two) of the lint roller and crumbs and crusties are history!” Nystul writes. You can also use one to clean your gym bag or child’s backpack.

Spruce up your car

Between work, home, and travel, many of us spend a lot of time in our cars. And “every car has those hard-to-reach places where sunglasses and cell phones go missing,” Nystul writes. Those hard-to-reach places like under the seats are another place a lint roller can come in handy. This is how often you should clean the interior of your car (hint: it’s more than you think!).

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Sweep up pine needles

Live Christmas trees can look wonderful until they start to dry out. Fortunately, with a lint roller, you can whisk up errant needles and keep your holiday display looking clean and bright.

Spiff up your pool table

Too much dirt can on the pool table can affect the game. But vacuums can be too harsh on the table’s delicate fibres. That’s why Nystul recommends you use a lint roller to keep the table clean. Next, find out 20 cleaning tasks you can do in a minute or less.